Alfred Aguilar Explained

Birth Place:	San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
Native Name:	Sa Wa Pin
Native Name Lang:	Tewa

Alfred Aguilar (born 1933),^[1] also called Sa Wa Pin, is Tewa Pueblo-American potter, ceramicist, and painter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo tribe.^[2] He is known for his coil-built pottery that is carved or painted, his buffalo figurines, and his clay nacimientos.^{[3] [4]}

He has used the moniker Aguilar Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a signifier of his work.^[5]

He has been a teacher's aide and classroom instructor at the San Ildefonso pueblo and operates a store on the pueblo.

Aguilar is the son of artists José Angela Aguilar and Rosalie Simbola, both potters. His brother José Vicente Aguilar was a painter as well.^[6]

Collections

Aguilar's work is held in the permanent collections of the Gorman Museum of Native American Art,^[7] the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution,^[8] the University of Dayton,^[9] among others.

Further reading

• Barbara A. Babcock, The Pueblo storyteller : development of a figurative ceramic tradition, University of Arizona Press, (1986)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). 2021-02-14. www.getty.edu.
2. Book: King, Jeanne Snodgrass. American Indian painters; a biographical directory. 1968. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Smithsonian Libraries.
3. Web site: Alfred Aguilar. 2021-02-14. Adobe Gallery.
4. Web site: Alfred Aguilar - King Galleries - Scottsdale & Santa Fe. 2021-02-14. en-US.
5. Book: Horn, Barbara. Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses: Source Directory. 1985. U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board. en.
6. Book: Schaaf, Gregory. Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies, C. 1800-present : with Value/price Guide Featuring Over 20 Years of Auction Records. 2000. CIAC Press. 978-0-9666948-1-9. en.
7. Web site: Alfred Aguilar, San Ildefonso Pueblo Jar . Gorman Museum of Native American Art . 17 August 2021 . 26 April 2024.
8. Web site: Buffalo Story Teller . 26 April 2024 . National Museum of the American Indian . Smithsonian Institution.
9. The Wedding Shawl . World Nativity Traditions . January 1999 . 26 April 2024 . Aguilar . Alfred .